Millions in Overlooked Revenue Shocks DeKalb School Board

It appears that DeKalb county schools' budget for next year may be looking up.

According to an AJC article, DeKalb school officials this past weekend came across $21 million in previously overlooked revenue  - news that interim school superintendent Michael Thurmond shared with "stunned" school board members Monday.

Thurmond also said another $7 million in unaccounted revenue in the current fiscal year was discovered, the AJC reports.

The district still needs to chip away at $15 million in deficit spending from a few years back, according to the AJC.

Thurmond said he would go over the findings again prior to proposing 2014's budget, which must get the nod from the school board before July, the report states.